Be Your Own Detective

If you have ever done a web search for something related to people searches, looking up criminal records, investigating a suspicious neighbor, etc.. you have probably seen some ads for detective programs such as ‘Net-Detective’ ‘Web-Detective’ ‘Online Detective’ etc… and probably lines like: “Find out the TRUTH about ANYONE!”
When it comes to the question of [...]

A routine statewide city employee background check in Colorado will not reveal a sex crime committed in Oklahoma or another state. If Aurora runs a statewide background check, it will only reveal sex crimes committed in Colorado.
Jermaine Vaden did 9 years in Oklahoma for sodomy on 2 children, but had a clean record in Colorado, [...]

When being considered for hiring with a company, most people can expect to be subjected to a post-employment background check, but few companies run post-employment background checks on existing employees, (credit and criminal) including long-time employees who have worked for their company for a long time.
While a new employee may start work with a [...]

Chances are excellent that anybody being considered for hiring or promotion will be subjected to a criminal background check. While the vast majority of the time, the system works as it’s supposed, the system is far from perfect and sometimes law-abiding citizens with squeaky clean records get fired or turned down for jobs. There is [...]

Beware of classmate finder sites using misleading or deceptive advertising, claiming “Free” trial memberships. Ie: classmates.com. Upon creating your free account and answering a few questions such as name at time of graduation and year, you are later provided with a link to page where you see familar names of old classmates, sometimes including [...]

Florida’s Dept of Corrections, the 3rd largest in the US, has been rife with corruption and scandal, undetected for many years. Prison Chief James V Crosby, openly confessed to receiving bribes from a contractor for 2 years. Also charged is Allen Clark.
An investigation revealed widespread criminal activity amongst prison employees and eventually forced Florida Dept. [...]

These days if you applied for anything, be it a job, credit, even volunteer work, there’s an excellent chance you were the subject of some kind of background check or another. Not surprisingly, few people are aware of what kind of background information was revealed about them.
Unfortunately most people are unaware they were the victim [...]

Data mining for the Federal Government is booming business. Federal Agencies are hiring private data mining companies in ever increasing numbers. Yes Virginia! Even the Fed hires Private-I firms.
They are buying data from the private sector which would normally be difficult for the government to compile themselves, such as consumer habits. Ironically, you would [...]

There are many different types of criminal record background checks that contain many different types of information, including arrests.
The specific information seeked in a criminal background check often depends entirely on what is of greatest concern and importance to the employer or organization.
A school, childcare facility or nudist resort will absolutely want to make sure [...]

In the US, a serious criminal record can tarnish a person’s name for life, and cut one out of many opportunities and rights for life that law abiding people enjoy everyday.
The jail / prison time, probation, fines, and other judicial punishments is only part of the punishment. A criminal record itself is a long-term punishment [...]